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"Your fare from Chattanooga to Salt Lake City will cost about $33.20 and being- l~ehind money matters you will send home and sein cure the amount of funds to defray your necessary expenses. Should, however, you Ije taken worse and you think it unsafe for you to remain in your field until returns reach you from home, we may possihly arrange for you to go thrnugh at once." " You will drop a card a f e n days before you start so that we may know what timc you will arrive. You may take morning or evening train there and make good connectious in Atlanta from either. Bro. C. joins me in reg-ards and prayers for the welfare of hoth of you. Your Brother Wm. Spry C."15 Lehi's Mission President, William Spry, was called to the southern states on a mission, and remained therc until the fall of 1891. H e was Mission President the last four years of his mission. His home was Salt Lake City, Utah, hut after returning from his mission, he located in Tooele, where he engaged in farming and stockraising. H e was elected Governor of Utah 1900-13 and re-elected 1913.-1 7. While he was Governor he came to Cedar City on a special orcasion. While there he stayed at the home of Lehi and Henrietta Jones, which they considered quite an honor. The same year that Lehi left on his mission to the Southem States. his younger brother, Jed, then 29 years old, started a two-!ear mission working on the Rlanti Temple. Jed, preceding this mission, had spent much of his time working on the Cedar City Tahernadc ;IS the carpenter Supervisor."' A few months prior to Lehi's return from his nlission, his sccond son Kumen L. was t~aptized, approximatel!; two weeks :tfter his eighth birthday, Mar. 5. 1880. JYhile Lehi W;IS a ~ a y his l1rother4 had worked on , the) werc unal~le finiqh it. Lehi started working- on the to his homr, 1x11 home a p i n , and l~efore was completely finishcd. Lehi XI. way I~orn, it Oct. 4, 1R00. One day, a few years later, a man came to thc house and the Jimeses frrund that he was a "first-class" carpenter; however, he had a difficult time staying- away from the "drink." H e had moved west to e t away frr~mthe saloons. Henrietta invited him into the parlor m d found out a little about him, his name heing George Hill. H e stayed and honrded with Ixhi and Henrietta, and did all the finishing on the house, the fireplacr, staircase, door frames etc. H e did very beautiful work, indudin< ornate carving and finishing on every item. Mr. Hill stayed for six or ciqht months. When the Joneses paid him for his work, he went on n drunk and never returned. There was a fireplace in nearly every room i t ] the housc and the 1 ~ 1spent many hours hauling wood and rnal ~s to suppl!. them."
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"Your fare from Chattanooga to Salt Lake City will cost about $33.20 and being- l~ehind money matters you will send home and sein cure the amount of funds to defray your necessary expenses. Should, however, you Ije taken worse and you think it unsafe for you to remain in your field until returns reach you from home, we may possihly arrange for you to go thrnugh at once." " You will drop a card a f e n days before you start so that we may know what timc you will arrive. You may take morning or evening train there and make good connectious in Atlanta from either. Bro. C. joins me in reg-ards and prayers for the welfare of hoth of you. Your Brother Wm. Spry C."15 Lehi's Mission President, William Spry, was called to the southern states on a mission, and remained therc until the fall of 1891. H e was Mission President the last four years of his mission. His home was Salt Lake City, Utah, hut after returning from his mission, he located in Tooele, where he engaged in farming and stockraising. H e was elected Governor of Utah 1900-13 and re-elected 1913.-1 7. While he was Governor he came to Cedar City on a special orcasion. While there he stayed at the home of Lehi and Henrietta Jones, which they considered quite an honor. The same year that Lehi left on his mission to the Southem States. his younger brother, Jed, then 29 years old, started a two-!ear mission working on the Rlanti Temple. Jed, preceding this mission, had spent much of his time working on the Cedar City Tahernadc ;IS the carpenter Supervisor."' A few months prior to Lehi's return from his nlission, his sccond son Kumen L. was t~aptized, approximatel!; two weeks :tfter his eighth birthday, Mar. 5. 1880. JYhile Lehi W;IS a ~ a y his l1rother4 had worked on , the) werc unal~le finiqh it. Lehi started working- on the to his homr, 1x11 home a p i n , and l~efore was completely finishcd. Lehi XI. way I~orn, it Oct. 4, 1R00. One day, a few years later, a man came to thc house and the Jimeses frrund that he was a "first-class" carpenter; however, he had a difficult time staying- away from the "drink." H e had moved west to e t away frr~mthe saloons. Henrietta invited him into the parlor m d found out a little about him, his name heing George Hill. H e stayed and honrded with Ixhi and Henrietta, and did all the finishing on the house, the fireplacr, staircase, door frames etc. H e did very beautiful work, indudin< ornate carving and finishing on every item. Mr. Hill stayed for six or ciqht months. When the Joneses paid him for his work, he went on n drunk and never returned. There was a fireplace in nearly every room i t ] the housc and the 1 ~ 1spent many hours hauling wood and rnal ~s to suppl!. them."
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